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Vanna Venturi House

1964 establishments in PennsylvaniaChestnut Hill, PhiladelphiaHouses completed in 1964Houses in PhiladelphiaModernist architecture in Pennsylvania
Postmodern architecture in PennsylvaniaRobert Venturi buildings
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The Vanna Venturi House, one of the first prominent works of the postmodern architecture movement, is located in the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Robert Venturi for his mother, Vanna Venturi, and constructed between 1962 and 1964.The five-room house stands only about 30 feet (9 m) tall, but has a monumental front facade, an effect achieved by intentionally manipulating the architectural elements that indicate a building's scale. Elements such as a non-structural applique arch and "hole in the wall" windows were an open challenge to Modernist orthodoxy, as described in Venturi's 1966 book Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture . Architectural historian Vincent Scully called it "the biggest small building of the second half of the twentieth century."

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Vanna Venturi House
Millman Street, Philadelphia

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Millman Street 8330
19118 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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